JAMIE O’HARA broke down in tears on Celebrity Big Brother this evening as he admitted that the strain of being away from his children was starting to get to him.

The 30-year-old footballer was seen crying on the Channel 5 reality series tonight a number of times as he confided in his fellow housemates about the pressures of being separated from his family.

He was also heard confessing all in the Diary Room to Big Brother, saying: “I just miss my kids. I love them so much. I promise I will never leave them again. They say to me, ‘I just want to play football like you daddy’.”

Jamie continued: “I don’t like crying in front of people I don’t know… I didn’t think it would be this hard.”

He added that he felt he “really got on” with Calum Best but felt he couldn’t talk to him about this sensitive topic.

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“I find it easier to talk to girls about how I feel,” he explained in a confessional moment on the show.

Later on, Jamie confided in model Nicola McLean about how he was feeling, saying: “Big characters in here and I feel like I’m a p***y. I’m not here for an argument… I find it really difficult to talk to blokes…”

Nicola, 35, has been seen getting progressively closer to Jamie during their time in the house.

The emotional scenes come as model Danielle Lloyd and Jamie’s ex-wife took to social media to reveal that she was seeking legal advice about comments made by the sportsman in the house.

Taking to Twitter, the 33-year-old informed her 416,000 followers: “When you bring your puppy with visit your lawyer @shoosmithsgrads #slander #defamation #respect #lies”, along with a short video on Instagram of her dog in her handbag while she sat in an office.

Jamie was heard previously telling his Celebrity Big Brother housemates: “When I was with her, I was earning really good money and she kind of expected that to continue.”

He said that the whole with situation with Danielle had been “draining”, before adding: “I’m not on that money no more!”

Danielle, who has three sons with Jamie, also hit back at her ex with another Instagram post in which she posted the definition of a pathological liar to her account and the caption: “No words needed”.

The post read: “The rules of a pathological liar: believe your own lies, look like you’re the victim, attack when they’re not around, never admit guilt, deny deny deny, blame shift, then cover it up with more lies.”